Inequalities in cancer incidence and mortality across income groups and policy implications in South Korea

Public Health

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-236

  Kim, Chul Woung ^a   Lee, Sang Yi ^b   Moon, Ok Ryun ^c  

^a Konyang University   (South Korea)

^b Jeju National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cancer; Incidence; Income groups; Inequality; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; LIVER CANCER; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; POLICY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM CANCER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH KOREA; STOMACH CANCER; THYROID CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCOME; KOREA; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTRIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 39149084090     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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